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% Sumit Agarwal, Liu Ee Chia, Pulak Ghosh
% "Do sanitary pads improve girls’ educational outcomes?"
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This document describes the main contents of the Stata do files as well as the data sources used.

A. Stata do Files:

1_dataconstruction.do:      Cleans data and constructs samples used for estimations and analyses

2_tablesfigures.do:         Replicates all tables and figures in the main text (Figure 1, Tables 1 to 6)

3_appendices.do:            Replicates all tables and figures in the appendix section (Appendix A1 to A18)



B. Data Sources

1) DISE Data
DISE is an annual school census obtained from the database created by the Ministry of Education of the Government of India and administered by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA). 

Additional information of the data can be found at: https://udiseplus.gov.in/#/home

To access the data, one must submit a research proposal and can only access it once the proposal is approved by the authority in charge.


2) SHEPad Scheme Data and Additional Attendance Data

The SHEPad Scheme Data contains information on school-level participation in the SHE Pad Scheme, including school name, district name, school type, and treatment details such as the year of installation of the sanitary pad vending machine.

Both the SHEPad Scheme Data and additional school-level attendance data were provided on request by the Education Department of Kerala, and individuals would need to contact the department for data access.

3) Population Census 2011

The village-level amenities data is publicly available and can be downloaded from https://censusindia.gov.in



C. Software and Version

STATA, version 15.1

